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Hai Robotics to Present its Flexible and Scalable Solutions at Retail Supply Chain & Logistics Expo 2023
Hai Robotics, the pioneer in Autonomous Case-handling Robot (ACR) systems for warehouse logistics, will present its flexible and scalable HaiPick systems at Retail Supply Chain & Logistics Expo 2023. From February 28th to March 1st, the company will showcase its tallest ACR, the HaiPick A42T, a robot that can reach up to 10m high.
Retail Supply Chain & Logistics Expo is the UK’s leading retail focused supply chain & logistics event. With over 3,000 expected visitors and more than 200 suppliers, the event is set to provide a hub for retail professionals to learn about the latest innovations in the industry and create opportunities that help businesses implement tools and solutions to adapt their supply chain, achieve seamless warehousing and distribution systems and ultimately meet their customers' increasing expectations.
Hai Robotics will display a live demonstration at stand SC2911 led by the HaiPick A42T, one of the tallest robots in Hai Robotics' ACR systems, with a standard picking height of 8m, which can be increased to over 10m. Featuring a telescopic mast, the robot can carry 8 loads simultaneously and feed workstations.
Compared with existing, especially traditional, warehouse automation solutions, Hai Robotics' solutions can deliver extraordinary benefits for UK customers. The ACR systems provide more flexibility in terms of expansion ability. It exponentially increases operational efficiency while requiring less time to implement and being more cost-effective than traditional automation solutions.
Join the seminar
The event will put in place over 100 seminars from industry experts to discuss current challenges of the industry. Hai Robotics' Country Manager for UK and Ireland, Damien Skinner, will give a speech on How Can You Scale Your Warehouse Solutions as Your Business Grows? with a focus on automation and e-commerce.
Warehouse automation solutions are in high demand, and it's not hard to see why. Squeezed by the ongoing e-commerce boom and a global labor shortage crisis, companies need these technologies to boost fulfilment speed and accuracy at a time when adding people is no longer an option.
This seminar will explain how Hai Robotics' solution uses advanced robotics automation solutions to provide high flexibility and scalability for any business application including e-commerce and 3PL.
Join the conference: March 1st, 14:00pm, at Theater 13
Where to find us?
Visit stand SC2911 to experience Hai Robotics's flexible, and scalable solutions.
Get a free ticket and book a meeting with our automation advisors.
About Hai Robotics
Hai Robotics, the pioneer in Autonomous Case-handling Robot (ACR) systems, is committed to providing flexible, intelligent, and efficient warehouse automation solutions through robotics technology and AI algorithms. It aims to create value for every factory and logistics warehouse. The HAIPICK ACR system, independently developed in 2015, is the world's first of its kind. Founded in 2016 in Shenzhen, China, Hai Robotics now has more than 500 projects globally and offices in the U.S., Europe, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan, serving customers from more than 30 countries.
Learn more: www.hairobotics.com


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But the Fed didn’t do that. Instead, it made its money available to financial institutions and indirectly to the government. The financial institutions devised numerous imaginative ways to make money on the new money, but very little of it got into the hands of middle class consumers, the people who can most directly drive up consumer prices. Reported inflation has actually fallen, to a low 1% in the US, and only .8% in Europe.
Are these inflation figures reliable? Inflation certainly does not feel this low to most people. And, in all probability, it isn’t.
Shortly after Social Security and other government payments were linked to inflation, government statisticians began changing the way inflation is calculated. You won’t be too surprised to learn that much of the re-engineering, which reduced reported inflation, was done by the always clever Clinton administration.
Business economist John Williams (shadowstats.com) estimates that if we calculated inflation the same way we did in 1980, it would be running at around 9% today.
Based on this, are we on the verge of even more inflation? Is that where all the Fed’s new money creation will lead us? Perhaps, but not necessarily.
When the Fed creates masses of new money, one result can be runaway inflation. But there are other possibilities. All the new money can instead lead to recession, unemployment, and even depression.
How is it that the new money can produce such different outcomes? Keep in mind that the new money created by the Fed is not just given away. It is made available to banks to lend, and thus enters the economy as debt. A little debt, especially if spent or invested wisely, may help an economy. But too much can strangle it.
As consumers, businesses, and governments become weighed down with more and more debt from the past, especially debt that was spent unwisely, the interest and principal payments become increasingly burdensome. Dollars that might have been spent on new investments with the potential to create new jobs and new income instead are siphoned off to pay for past mistakes. We end up with a zombie economy, still breathing, but just barely.
Historically we can measure how many dollars of economic growth we get from each new dollar of debt. At the moment, it seems to be negative. In other words, more new debt makes it worse, not better.
Despite this plain evidence, the Fed continues to try to persuade consumers and businesses to increase their borrowing and spending. It also holds interest rates very low, which for now keeps the debt house of cards from tumbling down.
Will the Fed’s feckless money creation end in inflation or depression? It could go either way. Insofar as it stokes demand, it could lead to inflation. Insofar as it increases an already too heavy debt burden, it could lead instead to recession, joblessness, and depression.
It could also lead to a third possibility: stagflation. In this scenario, consumer prices advance even while unemployment increases. We had this in the 1970’s. If we measured inflation as we did in the 1970’s, it would be apparent that we already have it today.
The new Fed chairman Janet Yellen says that 2014 will finally bring us back to blue skies, with economic growth picking up. She also believes, relying on government figures, that unemployment is currently 6.8% and falling.
What this overlooks is that reported unemployment is falling because more and more people are giving up and dropping out of the labor force. As John Williams points out, the unemployment number, calculated as it once was, would be rising, not falling, and over 20%, similar to what we had in the Great Depression.
This article was published by permission of Against Crony Capitalism.org

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text: This October, the online aircraft spare parts and repair capabilities marketplace Locatory.com has announced hitting record highs and increasing the company’s sales by 20%. Moreover, the company has managed to achieve such results with half the sales force of 2016. Having analysed its quarterly results, Locatory.com management team concluded that the last trimester has been the best-selling quarter in the entire company’s history. The unprecedented growth was largely driven by the introduction of a renewed pricing strategy, more flexible payment solutions and highly optimized in-house processes. This allowed the company to significantly raise its operational efficiency and reduce the need for extensive human resources. In addition to the aforementioned business optimization processes, during the year Locatory.com has presented the market with a wide range of new online tools and products thus securing the company several large-scale projects and a 15% increase in customer base.


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Everyone reads a comic in their childhood and spends their free time reading the comic. In childhood, all the comics used to bring comics by exchanging comics or collecting money from their savings. Even today, if you talk about comics, then it becomes available at cheap prices. But today in this episode, we are going to tell you about one such unique comic, whose price will be surprised, everyone. The comic we are talking about is sold for 24 crores.
Yes, according to online auction company ComicConnect.com, the comic book that brought Superman character to the world has been sold for around 24 crores. Let us also tell you that earlier in the year 2014 also this comic was sold very expensive, which was sold for around $ 32 lakh. Vincent Zurzolo, COO of the website ComicConnect.com, says that the comic was published in 1938.
Due to this, if one is seen, then in a way, the identity of Superman was started here. At the same time, if a report is accepted, then the seller of it has also gained a lot. Yes, he has gained more than 1 lakh dollars on this, and now only 100 copies of this comic are left. Now everyone's senses are blown to hear this news. The one who is listening to this news is surprised. By the way, it is a difficult task to combat the fan following of Superman.


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The New Zealand government is spending more money to help develop the country’s hemp industry.
The Department of Basic Industries announced last week that its Sustainable Food and Fiber Future Fund is contributing $ 1.34 million to the New Zealand Natural Fibers (NZNF) hemp research and development project, which will run for 5 years.
Back in 2018, NZ Yarn Ltd has partnered with Hemp New Zealand Ltd to produce products from New Zealand hemp and wool and blends of the fibers. Three years have passed and it’s not clear how much progress has been made, but NZNF says it will use cash from the fund to expand its hemp cultivation, processing and marketing capabilities.
“We are very excited to have the government support to continue our work with hemp fibers, which have tremendous potential to be part of the solution to some of the most important environmental challenges our planet is facing today.” said NZNF CEO Colin McKenzie.
The SFF Futures Fund is part of the government’s effort to create opportunities to improve the country’s primary sector and its role in New Zealand as it moves towards a more sustainable economy.
According to Steve Penno, Director of Investment Programs at MPI:
“This project aims to do just that – by showing kiwi innovation at its best. It promises significant added value for our hemp fiber industry and possibly for our local and national economies. “
This is not the first financial support that the MPI’s SFF Futures Fund is investing in the New Zealand cannabis industry. In October of that year, it allocated nearly NZD 760,000 for a program that aims to be evidence-based medical cannabis growing practices.
It has also contributed $ 202,000 to developing sustainable technologies and manufacturing processes Hemp fiber without the use of chemicals. In addition, the fund has supported a project aimed at setting up a pilot plant for processing hemp seeds, which will also examine the potential for converting hemp waste into products.


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Automotive mirror supplier Gentex Corp. said shortages in electronic components put a significant drag on its fourth-quarter financial performance compared with a year earlier.
The producer of dimming rearview mirrors and camera-based driver-assistance systems said Friday that fourth-quarter net income plunged 41 percent to $84.2 million. Revenue fell 21 percent to $419.8 million.
Gentex avoided major supply shortage issues before the latest quarter because of its "conservative inventory," but the shortage finally caused the company to fall short of customers' demands, CEO Steve Downing said in a statement.
Gentex shares slipped 5.3 percent to $29.61 in late morning trading.
Gentex is typically one of the first major auto suppliers to report its quarterly results, and its performance is often viewed as a bellwether for the rest of the industry's supply chain.
While Gentex's results suffered during the quarter, the entire industry continues to face supply issues, and Gentex could have been hit much worse, Morningstar analyst David Whiston said.
"Gentex's Q4 was weak by their standards, but they are such a top supplier by a mile that the numbers aren't that bad relatively speaking," he said in a written statement to Automotive News.
The supplier said increases in raw materials costs, freight-related charges and wage inflation all led to higher expenses.
IHS Markit predicts 76.6 million total light vehicles will be produced in Gentex's markets in 2022, but the supplier is wary of that estimate.
"We come into 2022 anticipating that at least the first half of the year will continue to see headwinds from supply and labor shortages that we believe will prevent light vehicle production from reaching the IHS estimates," Downing said in the statement.
Gentex, based near Grand Rapids, Mich., ranks No. 86 on the Automotive News list of the top 100 global suppliers, with worldwide parts sales to automakers of $1.65 billion in 2020.


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I ordered 'Vroom Service' in a Marriott Hotel
Virtual reality is a strange activity to offer in a hotel. If you're halfway around the world for a vacation or a business trip, you're usually there to go outside for one reason or another. Sightseeing, attending meetings, that sort of thing, not slapping a headset on and losing yourself elsewhere. But then, Marriott isn't like most hotels -- many of its branches in the UK are in the business of selling luxury, no expense spared accommodation. Here, guests want a special stay, and like an expensive cruise, that means increasingly elaborate activities and facilities. If it's done correctly, VR experiences could be a glamorous and unique add-on, just like ordering a back rub or late-night room service.
Or at least, that's the thought process behind Marriott's new "VRoom Service."
VR is in a strange place right now. Everyone is waiting for the first set of premium VR headsets -- the consumer Oculus Rift, the HTC Vive and Sony's PlayStation VR -- to be released to the public. They're all scheduled to come out next year, and in the meantime everyone is making do with developer kits and smartphone-powered models like Google Cardboard and Samsung's Gear VR. Most of the focus has been on VR-compatible video games, which is hardly surprising given Sony and Valve are backing two of the most promising headsets. But to have a broader mainstream appeal, VR will need to go beyond gaming. We've already seen a number of VR experiments in this vein, including 360-degree music videos, documentaries, and an animated short film called Henry.
Marriott has been tinkering a few ideas of its own. Last year, it created "Teleporter" booths that took you to a Hawaiian beach or the top of a London skyscraper. The walk-in capsules used the Oculus Rift, wireless headphones and a range of nozzles, vents and heat lamps for 4D effects. Marriott says it was more of a "thrill ride" though, and wanted to follow up with something more subtle and inspirational. That work led to VRoom Service, a portable VR kit that guests can use to watch exotic, 360-degree travel videos.
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They’re writing sentimental weblog posts that define their legacies. They’re expressing hope for his or her corporations’ prospects. They’re quitting their jobs main the startups they based.
In latest weeks, Ben Silbermann, a cofounder of digital pinboard service Pinterest, resigned as chief government officer (CEO); Joe Gebbia, a cofounder of dwelling rental firm Airbnb, introduced his departure from the corporate’s management; and Apoorva Mehta, the founding father of grocery supply app Instacart, stated he would finish his run as government chair when the corporate went public, as quickly as this 12 months.
The resignations signify the top of an period at these corporations, that are among the many most precious and well-known to emerge from Silicon Valley up to now decade, and of the period they characterize. Lately, buyers have dumped more and more giant sums of cash into a bunch of extremely valued startups often called unicorns, value $1 billion or extra, and their founders have been handled as visionary heroes. These founders fought for particular possession rights that stored them in command of their corporations — a change from the previous, when entrepreneurs have been usually changed by extra skilled executives or pressured to promote.
However when the inventory market fell dramatically this 12 months, hitting money-losing tech corporations particularly onerous, this method started to vary. Enterprise capitalists pulled again on their deal-making and urged Silicon Valley’s prized younger corporations to chop prices and proceed cautiously. The trade started to speak of “wartime CEOs” who can do extra with much less, whereas bragging about classes discovered from earlier downturns.
Endurance for visionaries wore skinny. Founder-led corporations began to look like liabilities, not property.
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“All of that modified within the final 90 days, and it’s not coming again anytime quickly,” stated Wil Schroter, founding father of Startups.com, an accelerator program for younger corporations. The “we’ll determine it out later” story is not engaging to buyers, he added.
Along with Silbermann, Gebbia and Mehta, founders on the prime of Twitter, Peloton, Medium and MicroStrategy have all resigned this 12 months.
They’re not leaving on a excessive word. Shares of Pinterest are down 60% from a 12 months in the past. Elliott Administration, an activist shareholder identified for pressuring corporations to make massive modifications, not too long ago took a stake within the firm. Airbnb shares are down 25% from a 12 months in the past. And Instacart lowered its inside valuation virtually 40% in March, because it prepares to go public in a hostile market.
“It’s certainly much less enjoyable being a CEO when markets are down, the financial system is trending unfavourable and regulation is growing,” stated Kevin Werbach, a professor of enterprise on the Wharton Faculty of the College of Pennsylvania. “Should you’re as already wealthy, well-known and profitable as these guys, there often comes a degree the place staying within the saddle is much less interesting than driving off into the sundown.”
In startup lore, Mark Zuckerberg pioneered the fashionable boy boss. Carrying enterprise playing cards that learn, “I’m CEO, bitch” and ruffling Wall Avenue feathers along with his “disrespectful” hoodie, he demanded buyers let him preserve a controlling curiosity in Fb because it grew, ushering in immediately’s period of “founder-friendly” deal-making.
Younger, formidable males like Zuckerberg obtained comparable protections and leeway as enterprise capital corporations rushed to look as accommodating as doable, lavishing the entrepreneurs with perks (dinners, jets, celebrities) and companies (recruiting, public relations, design).
One agency even publicly pledged to by no means vote in opposition to a founder on firm issues.
“It impressed our entire era to imagine within the unimaginable that they may begin corporations,” stated Hint Cohen, 34, an investor in very younger startups.
Founders took benefit of their higher palms. They stayed within the prime jobs, even when the businesses outgrew their expertise as managers. And so they stored their corporations non-public for so long as doable, avoiding pesky enterprise realities like turning a revenue. They got the advantage of the doubt — one thing feminine founders hardly ever received.
Because the tech sector turned a dominant power in our financial system, the cult of the startup founder made its method into widespread tradition by way of celebrities like Ashton Kutcher and TV exhibits like HBO satire “Silicon Valley.”
Some founders of this period took their latitude too far. Adam Neumann’s spending and partying received him pressured out of WeWork in 2018, despite the fact that he held a controlling stake within the firm. And Travis Kalanick’s aggressive ways at Uber resulted in his ouster in 2017, regardless of his super-voting shares.
The remainder principally held on by way of the businesses’ preliminary public choices. But it surely seems that operating a publicly traded firm, with its attendant fiduciary duties, analyst calls and slog of quarterly earnings, is a far cry from the hustle and thrill of startup life. Now, as troubles mount amid a market meltdown, they’re giving up the facility and management they as soon as fought for.
In his announcement, Silbermann stated that operating Pinterest had been “the reward of a lifetime.” Gebbia, who will turn into an adviser to Airbnb, posted an effusive memory of the corporate’s early days, alongside photographs, nicknames of his co-founders (Brian “Jet Gas” Chesky and “Indiana Nate” Blecharczyk) and classes concerning the goodness of humanity. (Chesky stays its CEO.) Mehta tweeted that he “cared deeply” about Instacart — the “one factor I’ve thought of for each waking minute of the final decade.”
Leaving as billionaires, they’ve emanated Silicon Valley’s relentless positivity. Pinterest “is simply getting began,” Airbnb “is in the very best palms it’s ever been in” and Instacart has a “huge alternative forward,” the founders wrote. Mehta and Gebbia stated that they had plans for brand new tasks.
Buyers say they anticipate extra of those resignations from founders who’re realizing they now must work tougher for much less (comparatively talking). “Now, they will let some executives step up, take over and develop it with completely different incentives,” Cohen stated.
Final week, Brad Hargreaves, the founding father of Widespread, a startup that operates communal dwelling areas, introduced he would step down as CEO, changing into chief artistic officer. The corporate’s head of property, Karlene Holloman, a lodge trade veteran, will take over as CEO.
The market downturn factored into Hargreaves’ choice. In flush occasions, he stated, it’s good to have a founder on the prime of the corporate who can promote buyers, staff and clients on a grand imaginative and prescient. “Operations don’t actually matter that a lot,” he stated. “Nobody’s actually watching the underside line.”
As we speak’s atmosphere requires somebody with Holloman’s in depth expertise and operational expertise, he stated. “In a tighter time, when operations matter quite a bit and no person’s shopping for into any grand visions, you need an operator in that seat,” he stated.
“Lots of founder-CEOs stick round too lengthy,” he added.
The founders who’ve to this point stayed on amid the downturn — and there are various, together with at Stripe, Coinbase and Discord — can count on higher calls for and extra strain. Inventory buying and selling app Robinhood has laid off greater than 1,000 staff this 12 months because it loses energetic clients.
Dan Dolev, an analyst at Mizuho Securities, stated a number of buyers had privately advised Robinhood herald a extra seasoned government to assist its co-founder, Vlad Tenev. Tenev can’t be pressured out, since he and his co-founder, Baiju Bhatt, collectively maintain a controlling stake within the firm.
“They’re typical founders the place they’re superb on the concepts and inventive stuff,” Dolev stated, “however might use assist with operations.”
A Robinhood spokesperson stated the corporate had not too long ago undergone a reorganization and pointed to government hires from TD Ameritrade and the Securities and Trade Fee.
Making issues worse, startup founders have misplaced their halo of optimistic cultural cachet — a development that started through the tech backlash of 2017 and that has grown with the discharge of devastating books and TV exhibits about WeWork, Uber and different tech darlings.
“When you’ve made a sure amount of cash, you’re taking part in for standing, and the standing isn’t there,” Hargreaves stated.
Nonetheless, there’s all the time the comeback story. If the market will get worse and corporations begin significantly tanking, we might see the reverse dynamic of founders returning to proper the ship, stated Werbach, the enterprise professor.
It could be a throwback to the unique cult hero founder, who commanded admiration lengthy earlier than unicorns roamed the Valley and who even impressed Zuckerberg’s swaggering enterprise playing cards. He was, maybe, the unique boy boss: Steve Jobs.


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In his inaugural address at Eagle Square, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday pledged to review the naira redesign policy implemented by his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari.
He emphasized that both new and old currency notes would continue to be accepted as legal tender.
President Tinubu acknowledged the need for a thorough house cleansing in monetary policy.
He called for the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to work towards achieving a unified exchange rate.
This, he explained, would redirect funds from arbitrage towards meaningful investments in infrastructure, equipment, and job creation, thereby fueling the real economy.
Tinubu highlighted the importance of reducing interest rates to stimulate investment and consumer spending, which in turn would sustain economic growth.
He recognized the need to create an environment that encourages businesses to invest and consumers to make purchases.
The President expressed his commitment to achieving a balance that promotes economic development.
The President expressed concerns about the implementation of the currency swap policy by the Central Bank, particularly its impact on a large number of unbanked Nigerians.
He vowed to review the policy, taking into consideration its effects on the economy and the financial inclusion of citizens. In the meantime, both new and old currency notes would be treated as legal tender.
President Tinubu emphasized his administration’s commitment to fostering a stable and prosperous economy. He recognized the importance of sound monetary policies and pledged to work towards creating an environment that encourages investment, job creation, and economic growth.
In conclusion, Tinubu reassured Nigerians that his government would undertake a comprehensive review of the naira redesign policy and implement measures to promote economic stability and financial inclusion.


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The Opposition People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) is strongly condemning the move by the authorities to shut down the operations of the La Bonne Intention (LBI) Sugar Estate, located on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD), stating that the “sneaky approach” used to announce this closure is simply a diversion from the swirling scandals surrounding the Administration.
According to the Opposition, the decision to shut down the operations at the LBI Sugar Estate, in a similar fashion as was decided in the case of the Wales Sugar Estate, West Coast Demerara (WCD) comes in the midst of a host of controversies concerning the APNU+AFC Government’s “corrupt practices in every area” of public life.
In a media statement today, the PPP stated that cloaking the move to close another sugar estate as plans at “consolidating”, “integrating” and “merging” the East Demerara estates is unacceptable.
“The PPP is of the view that collateral damage will result unquestionably; with sugar workers in particular and workers in general from other related industrial and service providers being seriously affected in the same way as the workers at Wales Estate. The PPP in its campaign to save Wales Estate had publicly alerted sugar workers in particular and workers in general that it should come as no surprise to them should the anti-working class Granger Administration move to shut down other sugar estates in the country,” the release said.
The Opposition reiterated its commitment in continuing to lend “firm and unshakeable support and solidarity” to sugar workers and their Trade Unions in their struggle to save the sugar industry and to “beat back the anti-working-class policies of the Granger Administration.”
Meanwhile, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) yesterday confirmed that it will be moving ahead with plans to cease all operations at the LBI Sugar Estate. This is said to be in keeping with plans that had been made since 2011.
According to the sugar company, since in 2011, it, along with the workers’ Unions met with each worker at the LBI factory over a five (5) day period to have discussions pertaining to the closure of the LBI factory and the topic of redeployment.
The LBI factory was subsequently closed in the same year and its workers were then redeployed to other posts at the Enmore Sugar Estate, ECD.


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Foldable smartphones are all the rage right now, with the biggest device makers, especially in the Android space, all trying to take a bite at this untapped market. Late last year, we covered the rumoured foldable device that Google was reportedly working on.
Fast forward to April 2022 and, after months of silence, Ross Young of the Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) has taken to his Twitter account to provide us with a few more details regarding the foldable from Google as well as Samsung’s unreleased Galaxy Z Fold 4.
“Z Fold 4 and Google foldable will have similar sized foldable displays, but the Google cover display will be quite a bit smaller at 5.8″. This should mean it will have a wider aspect ratio than the Samsung 6.19″ Fold 4. Hear more at our conference next week,” he wrote on Twitter.
Ross Young, however, fails to mention when we can expect Google to release its first ever foldable. However, the best guess will be the tech giant might introduce it to the world around the Pixel 7’s launch scheduled for later this year.
This release window will also be around when Android 13 gets released to the public. With Google giving more love to the foldables and other big screen devices with the Android 12L update, Android 13 should logically build on this experience, making sure different apps make use of the big screen estate present in these kinds of devices.
In terms of price, Google is rumoured to be following Oppo Find N’s competitive path with a $1,400 (around Kshs 162,000) retail price. This will make it $400 cheaper compared to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and $400 more than the Galaxy Z Flip 3, which has a clamshell form factor.
Ross Young compares the displays from the Fold 4 and the Pixel foldable saying they will have similar-sized inner displays and the main differentiating factor will be their outer displays.
The Pixel foldable will be shorter at 5.8 inches but will be wider, while the Galaxy Fold 4 will be taller at 6.19 inches but thinner. These measurements will lead to the Pixel foldable having a wider aspect ratio despite the display being smaller.
The Pixel foldable has also been called the Pixel Notepad in some quarters, but Google has not yet released the official name, therefore you will see a lot of different names for their foldable device until closer to its release


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ST.PETERSBURG: India and Russia today pledged for early commencement of negotiations for a free trade agreement between New Delhi and the five-nation Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).
The issue was discussed during a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"We acknowledge the importance of developing economic cooperation at the regional level. We will facilitate an early commencement of negotiations on a free trade agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union and India," said a vision document issued after the Modi-Putin talks.
A joint feasibility report on the proposed agreement was completed last year. It has concluded that the proposed pact is feasible and mutually beneficial with substantial potential welfare gains and augmentation in trade in goods, he said.
Under the free trade pact, two trading partners reduce or eliminate duties on most of the goods traded between them.
Besides norms are also liberalised to promote trade in services sector and boost investments.
India has implemented such agreements with several countries including Japan, South Korea and Singapore.
EAEU region holds huge potential to increase trade. It has a population size of over 180 million.
The two leaders also said that their major economic objectives include expanding trade and investment.
Both express desires to increase industrial cooperation, improving environment for entrepreneurship and investments and developing cooperation in banking and financial matters.
"As the next stage of our strategic partnership, we will extend our bilateral, technical, economic and scientific cooperation to third countries by undertaking joint development projects in mutually agreed sectors," it said.
India and Russia will also coordinate their efforts to promote settlements of "India-Russian trade in national currencies" to reduce dependence of bilateral trade on other currencies, it added.
"We will jointly encourage our business communities to use the existing workable schemes and mechanisms for settlements in national currencies elaborated by the Reserve Bank of India and Bank of Russia," the document said.
On increasing cooperation in the diamond sector, it said the leaders agreed to intensify efforts to counter undisclosed synthetic stones entering diamond market and to support development of generic marketing programmes for diamonds.
"We will work together to improve market access for agriculture and food commodities in each other's country and develop joint strategies through research and development for utilisation of existing potential in the agri and food processing sector," it added.


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The electric-vehicle (EV) market has just added yet another new contender. It’s called the 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf, and as the name suggests, it’s a fully electric version of Volkswagen’s standard Golf hatchback, which remains one of the most popular cars in the world. How does it stack up against electric-car rivals? We spent some time behind the wheel to find out.
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Starting from the first time you see the new e-Golf in person, you’re quickly struck by one simple reality: It’s just like a Golf. In fact, few exterior details distinguish the e-Golf from its gas-powered brethren. Sure, there’s a new grille and new wheels — and yes, the e-Golf is VW’s first model with LED headlights — but if you’re looking to stand out from the gas-guzzling crowd like you would in, say, a Nissan Leaf, then the e-Golf isn’t the way to do it: You’ll just blend in.
The same is true inside the e-Golf. There are a few subtle differences from the standard Golf model — including a gauge that takes the place of the tachometer and shows power usage instead of rpm — but in large part, sitting inside the e-Golf feels like sitting inside any other car, right down to its large cargo area, which doesn’t seem to be robbed of any space by batteries.
The second you turn on the e-Golf, you quickly remember that this hatchback is no ordinary Volkswagen. Obviously, one reason is the engine noise: There isn’t any. But the e-Golf also trades a gasoline-powered driving style for a more traditional EV experience, offering lots of torque at low speeds and mediocre power as things progress.
And when we say mediocre power, we really mean it. Volkswagen is quick to point out that the e-Golf offers 115 horsepower and a class-leading 199 lb-ft of torque, which is eight more horses than the Nissan Leaf and 12 more lb-ft, but the e-Golf hardly feels spry, likely owing to its 3,100-lb curb weight — comprised in part by 700 pounds of batteries.
Admittedly, part of the reason for the e-Golf’s lackluster performance is that we spent most of our time in the car’s Eco+ mode, which limits hp to 74 and torque to just 129 lb-ft, but we suspect that’s exactly how many drivers will want to enjoy their e-Golf, as Volkswagen says the battery-saving mode has a dramatic effect on the hatchback’s range.
Just how dramatic? According to VW, an e-Golf in normal mode will travel somewhere in the range of 70-90 miles between charges — not bad considering the Leaf’s 84-mile range. In Eco+ mode, though, VW says that some drivers are seeing over 100 miles between charges — a huge figure that suddenly makes Eco+ mode’s 74 hp (and its accompanying lack of air conditioning, another Eco+ feature) a little more tolerable.
As for charge times, the e-Golf happens to stand out here, too. Spurred by a standard 7.2-kW on-board charger (the Leaf offers only 3.6 kW as standard or 6.6 kW as an option), the e-Golf can be fully charged in just 4 hours — and if you can find a quick charger, prepare for an 80 percent recharge in just 30 minutes. Combine that with a possible 100-mile range, and the e-Golf takes a lot of the anxiety out of EV ownership.
Unfortunately, we have to spoil our otherwise positive impression of the e-Golf with a discussion of price and availability. We say “spoil” because the e-Golf, like many VWs, is hampered by a high price tag: one that starts at a costly $36,300 with shipping. That makes it more than $6,000 pricier than a Leaf and even more expensive than rivals such as the Ford Focus Electric and FIAT 500e. In fact, the e-Golf is only a few thousand dollars less than the new BMW i3 — an electric car that we suspect most shoppers will prefer due to its futuristic styling and high-end nameplate.
It isn’t just price that has us reconsidering the e-Golf, though: Availability is a problem, too. According to Volkswagen, the model will only be sold in so-called “CARB” states, which are the 14 U.S. states that have adopted California’s strict emissions standards. That means the e-Golf won’t be available to drivers in major metropolitan areas such as Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Houston or Miami.
In other words, the 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf comes across as something of a halfhearted attempt at an electric vehicle. Yes, it performs well, and we’re impressed with its range, its cargo capacity, its driving experience and its excellent standard 7.2-kW charger. But given the e-Golf’s limited availability, its high price tag and its ho-hum styling, we suspect that Volkswagen’s electric vehicle won’t offer much of a challenge to established EV players such as the Nissan Leaf.


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Amcor has introduced its first high-barrier, high-speed, recycle-ready liquid pouch packaging solution and launched a new platform of paper-based packaging products called AmFiber.
Amcor Flexibles North America continues to forge an innovative path to its 2025 sustainability goal with this high-barrier, high-speed, recycle-ready liquid pouch packaging solution named AmPrima.
AmPrima PE Plus recycle ready solutions provide brand owners with innovative packaging that supports recyclability in categories that have been historically challenging. At the same time, AmPrima PE Plus innovation delivers highly durable hermetic edge and fitment seals that perform well under abusive manufacturing, distribution and usage conditions.
Amcor said the high-barrier flexible film that provides superior heat resistance and is a more-sustainable alternative to standard metallised or foil-based structures.
“We know that in today’s world of high-performance equipment, rigorous quality testing and consumer-driven environmental consciousness, developing a recycle-ready solution that delivers on all attributes is crucial,” Amcor marketing director Brian Douglas said.
“Our proprietary, oriented structure has a demonstrated ability to run on commercial converting and filling equipment at the same machine speeds as non-recyclable material, putting it in a different class from other conventionally-oriented, recyclable film options.”
As for AmFiber, it is a new platform of paper-based packaging products that aim to redefine the capabilities of traditional paper packaging, providing a wider range of features and functional benefits to meet the changing needs of consumers.
Amcor CEO Ron Delia said, “Amcor’s long-term experience in paper and carton packaging was the basis for launching the AmFiber platform. Amcor has a proven history of delivering ground-breaking innovation to support our customers’ growth aspirations. This family of differentiated paper-based products builds on Amcor’s extensive track record across multiple materials and application”.
The AmFiber platform demonstrates Amcor’s consumer-centric and adaptable approach to innovation which provides customers packaging technology using the materials most suited to their needs.
The first AmFiber product launch this year will be a solution tailored to provide snacks and confectionery customers in Europe a recyclable package that delivers a high barrier from oxygen and moisture.
Amcor said it will gradually extend its new paper-based offerings into a wide variety of applications such as coffee, drink powders, seasoning and soups as well as into the Americas and Asia-Pacific regions.
AmFiber innovations will join other Amcor paper-based products introduced recently, including solutions for butter and margarine in Latin America, for cheese in Europe and for confectionery in Australia.
Amcor added that the introduction of the AmFiber platform coincides with the four-year anniversary of Amcor’s 2025 pledge to develop all of its packaging to be recyclable or reusable and to increase the use of recycled content.


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SAO PAULO, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Brazil’s state-controlled power company Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras SA, or Eletrobras, sold three power distribution companies at a public auction on Thursday in Sao Paulo, concluding another step in its divestiture program.
Local companies acquired the assets. Energisa SA bought power distribution firms Eletroacre and Ceron, which operate in the northern states of Acre and Rondônia, while Oliveira Energia in association with ATEM purchased Boa Vista Energia, located in Roraima, according to the exchange.
The bids comprised a combination of tariffs the acquirers are planning to charge plus a signing bonus. They will also need to comply with requirements for immediate cash injection in the distributors and for long-term investment programs.
Dyogo Oliveira, the head of Brazil’s development bank BNDES, which acted as an adviser to Eletrobras in the deal, said Energisa and Oliveira Energia will have to inject 688 million reais ($165 million) in the companies they acquired.
Investments over five years to modernize the firms are expected to reach 1.5 billion reais, Oliveira said.
Energisa said after the auction that it now owns 11 power distribution companies in Brazil.
Eletrobras has now sold five power distribution companies, mostly money-losing units. It sold earlier Celg and Cepisa. The divestitures are part of a plan the company has to sell non-core assets to reduce its debt.
Eletrobras is expected to hold another auction on Sept. 27 to sell Amazonas Energia.
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Good news if you are the owner of a HTC Thunderbolt as HTC has now released the latest Android update for the Thunderbolt, in the form of Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread.
The Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread update brings a range of new features to the HTC Thunderbolt as well as some bug fixes.
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New York Socialist Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has continued to use Uber and other ride-hailing apps – but not New York taxi cabs – despite blaming them for a suicide.
Between July and the end of September, Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign spent nearly $4,500 on rides with Uber, Lyft, and Juno, according to the receipts submitted to the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
The latest figures still indicate that she remains unashamed of using the services she criticizes for exploitation and leading people to suicide, despite increasing pressure and accusations of hypocrisy.
Ocasio-Cortez has frequently attacked ride-hailing apps for what she sees as underpaying its drivers, decrying their pay as “exploitation” if they don’t get at least $15 an hour, the so-called living wage.
She directly blamed Uber for the suicide death of Doug Schifter, a driver in his 60s, who killed himself with a shotgun amid financial difficulties caused by flooding the streets of New York with alternative and cheaper options of taxis, as detailed in a lengthy Facebook post.
“NYC's fourth driver suicide. Yellow cab drivers are in financial ruin due to the unregulated expansion of Uber. What was a living wage job now pays under minimum,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote in a tweet.
The new data from the campaign follows previous Fox News’ report that revealed the campaign spent nearly $4,000 on Uber and $2,500 on Juno between April and late June when she won against top Democrat Joe Crowley in a New York Democratic primary
Ocasio-Cortez’ campaign did cut its excessive spending on Uber rides amid scrutiny, spending merely $500 in the last quarter, with fares ranging from $2 to nearly $60.
But the cut was offset by the use of Lyft, another ride-hailing app facing nearly identical criticisms as Uber. The campaign spent over $2,700 on rides with Lyft.
Her campaign also continued to use Juno, spending nearly $1,200 for 50 rides.
Juno is a company that pitched itself as an alternative to Uber for drivers because it offered slightly better pay and an option to accumulate the company’s stock, though the latter was scrapped after the company was sold to an Israel-based company, prompting class action by the drivers.
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Nike's most recent trend suggests a bullish bias. One trading opportunity on Nike is a Bull Put Spread using a strike $70.00 short put and a strike $65.00 long put offers a potential 5.04% return on risk over the next 30 calendar days. Maximum profit would be generated if the Bull Put Spread were to expire worthless, which would occur if the stock were above $70.00 by expiration. The full premium credit of $0.24 would be kept by the premium seller. The risk of $4.76 would be incurred if the stock dropped below the $65.00 long put strike price.
The 5-day moving average is moving up which suggests that the short-term momentum for Nike is bullish and the probability of a rise in share price is higher if the stock starts trending.
The 20-day moving average is moving up which suggests that the medium-term momentum for Nike is bullish.
The RSI indicator is at 54.83 level which suggests that the stock is neither overbought nor oversold at this time.
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The Verge – As Samsung's Galaxy Gear commercial illustrates, the desire for a truly smart wrist-worn device is as old as the electronics industry itself. We've lusted after smart watches for so long that we've melded the two words into one utopian noun: a smartwatch. 2013 has been an undeniably good year for smartwatch enthusiasts. From the successful Kickstarter project that gave birth to the Pebble to Samsung and Sony's most sincere efforts to commercialize the category, the buyer's choice has never been wider. …
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Motley Fool – Nike's new FuelBand is still restricted to iOS apps.
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The Verge – Yesterday was Nike's day in the spotlight, but today Adidas is officially joining its rival in the wearable devices category. The company has announced its own smartwatch, which it says will appeal to runners thanks to built-in GPS tracking, Bluetooth connectivity, and pulse-based heart rate tracking — a feature that FuelBand users have long clamored for. Speaking at the GigaOM Mobilize conference, Adidas VP Paul Gaudio said that the watch will be able to offer tailored heart rate training, even sending out audio coaching to any Bluetooth headphones that are connected to the device.
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Blizzard's Battle.net Remains Largest Online Game Service in the World; Battle.net Dominates Online Gaming Industry With 2.1 Million Active Users; Korea Becomes World's No. 1 Market.
Since the beginning of the year, the number of active users has surged to more than 2.1 million and usage has increased by 50 percent.
The worldwide dominance of Battle.net was recently highlighted by a weekend of record-breaking activity during which more than 675,000 games of "StarCraft(TM): Brood War(TM)," the company's "StarCraft" expansion set, were logged. Over that weekend, nearly 500,000 gamers spent more than 2 million hours playing online.
Since "StarCraft: Brood War" shipped in December, more than 4.7 million games have been played over Battle.net, with peak hours topping more than 50,000 players competing simultaneously.
The success of "StarCraft" in 1998 added to Battle.net's rising usage numbers. "StarCraft" was 1998's biggest-selling PC game, according to PC Data figures released last month. Since the release of "StarCraft," Battle.net has grown 800 percent, both domestically and internationally.
Internationally, much of Battle.net's global popularity can be attributed to the influx of Korean gamers. With approximately 400,000 games of "StarCraft" played per day, Korea has become the fastest- growing market on Battle.net and has overtaken the United States as the No. 1 market in the world.
In all, Battle.net in Korea has grown by approximately 2,000 percent in the last six months, from 15,000 game hours per day to 300,000.
Battle.net provides an arena for Blizzard customers to chat, challenge opponents and initiate multiplayer games. Battle.net is accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Blizzard charges no hourly or monthly fees to connect to Battle.net. Users do need an Internet connection at their own cost to access Battle.net.
Best known for blockbuster hits including the "Warcraft(R)" series, "StarCraft(TM)" and "Diablo(TM)," Blizzard Entertainment(R) (www.blizzard.com) is a premier publisher of entertainment software renowned for creating many of the industry's most critically acclaimed games. Blizzard's track record includes three consecutive No. 1- selling games and multiple Game of the Year awards.
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As COVID-19 continues to reshape reality for the world, consumers and the businesses they rely upon are navigating the economical fallout from mandatory lockdowns and social distancing guidelines implemented by state and local governments. Not to be left unscathed, the debt collection market has seen significant impacts and made adjustments to the new guidelines put out by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in order to stave off delinquency reporting of consumers who've fallen behind on payment obligations due to the pandemic.
Why Did the CFPB Adjust their Guidelines?
Due to the pandemic, the negative impact on consumers and their financial health has snowballed into a major economical struggle on an unprecedented level. Because of this, the CFPB put out new guidelines to encourage flexible payment options--such as deferment, in an effort to avoid a potential freeze in the credit markets as businesses look to resume further operations in the upcoming months. However, this would mean consumers are actually back to work, feel confident enough to spend again, and can catch up on their delayed payment obligations to creditors.
What Are Some of the New CFPB Guidelines?
Besides asking creditors to show more flexibility with consumer payment accounts impacted by COVID-19, the CFPB has recognized credit reporting agencies (CRAs) and furnishers alike are also struggling to meet dispute deadlines and guidance. This is a direct result of the pandemic affecting resources such as staffing and hours of operation.
In addition, the CARES Act requires CRAs to report consumers as current on loans if they have sought relief from lenders because of negative pandemic impacts on their financial health. The CFPB allows furnishers and CRAs to accurately report a consumer’s credit status so long as information regarding their associated relief situation is notated.
How Does this Impact Data Furnishers?
Overall, the pandemic has negatively impacted the data furnishing sector worldwide, especially in needing a more available workforce to process disputes. This situation has resulted in delayed responses to Automated Credit Dispute Verifications (ACDVs), which then result in “did not respond” on the affected disputes.
To ease this burden, the CFPB has allowed some flexibility for creditors and CRAs in the deadlines for credit dispute investigations. Typically, the FCRA demands that furnishers and credit agencies complete the investigation process within 30 days of receiving a dispute, but this period now may last up to 45 days if new information from the consumer is submitted to the investigating organization in that first 30 days.
Debt management companies and law firms representing consumer rights in these matters may find this frustrating since the CFPB will not take adverse action against reporting firms that miss this deadline. Additionally, data furnishers and CRAs are receiving reminders about statutory provisions that would allow them to avoid disputes that are irrelevant or unnecessary.
Why Does the CFPB Think Debt Dispute Numbers are on the Rise?
With the millions of Americans out of work or only receiving partial hours, their paychecks are unable to meet typical everyday living costs like utilities, rent or even food. This situation adds another competing factor to consumer money woes: credit debt.
In addition to these monetary impacts, the CFPB recognizes other factors spurred by the pandemic are causing debt dispute cases to rise, including:
Consumers are Watching their Credit Scores more Carefully
American consumers are keenly aware of the dangers to their credit scores during the pandemic-induced financial crisis the country is experiencing. With easy access to credit reporting, some of which are free once a year, consumers are becoming more vigilant about mitigating any damage from late or missed creditor payments, or even from fraudulent charges.
Increased COVID-19 Related Medical Debt
Medical care for treating the coronavirus has an estimated average price tag of $30,000 for patients. This reality has added a double-whammy to families already struggling to survive financially after massive job cuts and reduction in hours throughout nearly every market sector. For the households that couldn’t afford this level of an expense, they will likely add these medical costs onto their debt and try to negotiate more affordable rates.
Increased Credit Card Usage
The pandemic (touching, handling, paper transactions) has made cash a thing of the past for even the smallest of transactions, which typically involve purchases of $10 or less. This increased use of credit cards, thanks to social distancing requirements and limited shopper capacities in stores, has also caused a spike in disputes percentages. Since investigating these incidents costs valuable resources and payroll, CRAs are struggling to find more efficient dispute management processes.
Credit disputes in today’s post-pandemic market have presented new challenges for consumer rights and debt collection management with the CFPB adjusting guidelines for credit dispute procedures. While dispute numbers are on the rise, this increase can be interpreted to consumers paying better attention to their credit usage, statements and potential for fraud-- in addition to the pandemic stretching financial budgets thin. Looking forward, agencies such as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will need to remain diligent in updating guidelines, ensuring a safe and secure financial recovery for consumers and businesses alike.
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Today’s smartphone users can choose from millions of mobile applications. But with so many apps available, user acquisition can be challenging for app developers, and analytics-based engagement and retention strategies are critical.
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The pandemic has changed customer expectations, providing a welcome boost to insurtechs’ and Big Techs’ user growth and forcing insurers to adapt.
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It led a $50M round in Aumni to scale its investment analytics capabilities in private markets, and we expect the incumbent will seek more targets in H2 to power its digital transformation.
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The etailer is working on a new point-of-sale solution for non-Amazon merchants with features like contactless enablement, customer analytics, and inventory management.
AUG 17, 2021
SDOH has long been a buzzword in healthcare, but progress has been moving at a glacial pace: We unpack how Unite Us’ acquisition of health data and analytics company Carrot Health could help change that.
AUG 10, 2021
Pizza Hut looks outside of the box: The fast-food chain seeks to regain leadership in digital food delivery through AI and analytics.
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Watch our Tech-Talk Webinar with Litmus to hear about email analytics trends and how marketers are pivoting in light of recent privacy changes.
JUL 4, 2021
eMarketer was pleased to moderate a Tech-Talk Webinar featuring Merkle’s Shirli Zelcer, head of analytics and data, Scott Nuernberger, senior vice president, analytics, Amanda Gessert, analytics solution lead, and Alice Harmon, senior director, customer analytics, health. They shared how analytics ensures a systematic means of evaluating outcomes, and improving the overall process.
JUL 8, 2021
eMarketer was pleased to moderate a Tech-Talk Webinar featuring Epsilon’s Shelly Photiades, vice president, strategy services, Sandeep Gadre, senior director, product management, and Evan Goldstein, vice president, analytics. They shared what financial services marketers can do to make their marketing work harder – and what that looks like in real life.
JUL 6, 2021
eMarketer was pleased to moderate a Tech-Talk Webinar featuring Similarweb’s Chloe Nicholls, product marketing manager, and Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA)’s Robbie Shepherd, insights development and capability manager. They shared how trendspotting via digital analytics can help you understand your customers better, and discover growth opportunities.
JUN 24, 2021
Adobe Analytics estimates that total US ecommerce sales on Prime Day surpassed $11 billion, and Amazon said that its global customers bought more than 250 million items during the coveted two-day shopping event.
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Whether it’s the visitors’ app or in-park operations team, Universal Parks & Resorts is dedicated to delivering seamless guest experiences. To create relevant, immersive moments, the theme park relies on its core data and an integrated customer data platform (CDP). Watch Industry Voices: Spotlight on Travel with Universal Parks & Resorts’ Leah van Zelm, vice president of global marketing analytics.
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Advances in AI and predictive analytics are using consumer scores to automate business decisions to predict things like risk and fraud. But concerns over fairness mean companies need to make scores transparent to consumers.
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Advertisers have a lot of information to bring together to understand how to gain more market share for their business. Mike Menkes, senior vice president at measurement firm Analytic Partners, joins eMarketer principal analyst at Insider Intelligence Nicole Perrin to discuss what might happen if competitors increase spending while you hold your budget steady, how creative can boost video ad effectiveness, and how ads for one product often have a "halo" that extends to other products, as well.
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eMarketer was pleased to moderate a Tech-Talk Webinar featuring Salesforce Datorama's Rebecca Haly, director, customer success, Compare the Market’s Travis Naughton, head of marketing technology and analytics, and Grab’s Asha Gourinath, performance marketing and CRM lead, growth markets. They discussed how APAC marketers have had to pivot their strategies and accelerate digital transformation due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Social listening is helping businesses take the pulse of their consumers and make faster marketing decisions during the pandemic. It’s still not a perfect analytics tool, but right now the benefits outweigh the drawbacks.
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Amid pandemic-accelerated shifts, online communities have become an integral part of the consumer journey. According to Verto Analytics, Reddit users are informed, make fast, high-value purchases, and ultimately become strong brand advocates.
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eMarketer was pleased to moderate a Tech-Talk Webinar featuring Amobee's Max Knight, vice president, analytics, along with H&L Partners’ Jeremy Cobb, programmatic media director, and Tim Schatz, analytics director. They shared real use cases and success stories to demonstrate how common metrics can benefit decision makers.
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In addition to that, Collier said, they must be able to apply advanced analytic techniques to continuously gain new insights from their data. While many organizations use data analytics, they don’t necessarily receive significant, actionable insights that can strengthen their operations.
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Efficient treatment of these patients requires robust technology, such as internally developed electronic health records (EHRs) and data analytics to identify gaps and plan interventions. Investors are continuously backing companies that deploy innovative solutions to control costs and improve outcomes for patients.
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AGP has reported 4QCY21 NPAT of PKR450mn (EPS: PKR1.61), up 8% yoy and a sharp 32% qoq. This takes CY21 NPAT to PKR1.6bn (EPS: PKR5.59), flat yoy. While the 4Q result is better than expected, we attribute this growth to one-off reversal of PKR34mn on finance cost – without which this would have been a weak result. Trade disruptions and border closure in Afghanistan have led to a sharp 24% yoy drop in sales. Recently acquired Sandoz Pakistan has helped fill the gap in sales. Results were accompanied with a final cash dividend of PKR2.5/sh.
4QCY21 Key result highlights:
AGP’s revenue has dropped to PKR1.5bn in 4QCY21, down 24% yoy and 35% qoq. Absence of sales to Afghanistan and lower institutional sales orders are to blame. Revenue from Sandoz Pakistan however remains on track, helping plug the gap.
AGP has posted gross margins of 63%, likely led by Sandoz and sale of high-margin products. AGP has not witnessed any meaningful exchange rate volatility due to strong inventory buildup, as expected.
SG&A expenses have come off by 27% yoy in line with the decline in sales. Finance costs, on the other hand, have reported a reversal of PKR34mn vs. PKR30mn expense SPLY. This has helped support the bottom-line. AGP has also reported a PKR11mn loss on its other income. We await management guidance on this front.
While this is a weak result by AGP, the impact of suspended Afghanistan operations appears to be largely in the price (AGP’s stock price is down 27% in the last 12 months). Earnings from Sandoz Pakistan remain on track and can only rise from here. We have a TP of PKR105/sh on the stock.


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Humax is a manufacturer known for its set-top boxes, but the company had announced its partnership to develop and market TiVo boxes at this year’s CES in Las Vegas.
The new 300-hour T2500 and an 80-hour T800 are the latest developments to come from this partnership.
Retailing for about $699, the T2500 can record up to 150 films, 600 sitcoms or around 90 sporting events. According to the company, the Humax T2500 features a “strikingly advanced industrial design while the smart and easy-to-use TiVo service makes controlling television simple.” And onboard USB port enables future expandability.
- RECORD – up to 300 hours of television entertainment without the hassles of videotape
- CONTROL LIVE TV – pause, rewind, slo-motion, instant replay any channel, anytime
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On Friday, Oct. 5, Federation broke the wall on a revolutionary new food pantry on the grounds of the Klein JCC. Roy Neff, one of the lead donors for the project along with his wife, Lyn, Laurie Franz and Joy and Bennett Kaiser, took a hammer to the old racquetball court at the JCC, officially beginning construction of the Choice Food Program.
When the project is completed next summer, low-income residents in Northeast Philadelphia will use state-of-the-art digital technology to choose the foods that meet their dietary needs and food preferences utilizing virtual vouchers. Computers are key to keeping inventory current and reflective of client food preferences.
“There will be an opportunity for people to order, through touch-screen computers, fresh fruits and vegetables and meats, canned goods and packaged food,” said Federation CEO Ira M. Schwartz, adding that, when completed, “the Choice Food Program will transform Federation’s Mitzvah Food Project pantry at Klein into a state-of-the-art food distribution model, which will feed far more people and provide better nutrition, put scarce pantry resources to more efficient use, while respecting the dignity of those who are facing food insecurities.”
Schwartz explained that a nutritionist will be available for client consultations “so the incentive is really for people to eat healthier foods.”
Those who are homebound can order items by phone or by computer and have it delivered.
Schwartz expects the new facility will be a model for other cities and countries.
To follow the progress of the Choice Food Program construction, visit: jewishphilly.org or call Brian Gralnick, director of Federation’s Center for Social Responsibility at 215-832-0850.


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This is the moment a shocked fast-food snacker snapped a MOUSE munching on food at a Chinese takeaway.
Footage of the rodent feasting on food at a Chinese in the Dominican Republic has emerged online and been shared around the world via social networks.
Details have emerged via a local news agency which claims to have tracked down the DIY filmmaker – Heinz Orta Salazar – who captured the stomach-turning moment on his mobile phone.
Reports claim the footage shows the pest nibbling on offerings at a takeaway called Santo Domingo on the Caribbean island.
Heinz said: "I was shouting for the staff to do something and so were others but they were ignoring us.
"This mouse was just free to run over the food and to grab whatever it wanted. It only ran off when one of the kitchen staff reluctantly shooed it away.
"They told me that the mouse was nothing to worry about and refused the suggestion of throwing the food away."
Heinz added that he uploaded his video to Facebook and YouTube in the hope that the takeaway will face sanctions from the local authorities.
It's not the first time would-be customers have snapped shocking standards at food outlets around the world.
In December, a video emerged of the vomit-inducing moment a pizza-lover filmed three huge rats chowing down on pizzas at a fast-food shop in Nizhny Novogorad, Russia.
The film, captured by disgusted Evgeny Ivanov, 26, led to the shop being closed down by police according to local reports.


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Sovereign Foods announced the outcome of the special general meeting of shareholders held on 9 October 2017.
In August 2017, Sovereign Foods received a firm intention from a special purpose vehicle controlled by Capitalworks (Bidco) to acquire Sovereign Foods by way of a R907 million cash offer to Sovereign shareholders.
Bidco made two separate but concurrent cash offers to acquire the Sovereign shares (excluding treasury shares), by way of a scheme of arrangement and a general offer. The offer was priced at R12 cash per Sovereign share, which represents a 33.33 per cent premium to the failed offer from Country Bird Holdings (CBH) last year, which was priced at R9 per Sovereign share.
Whilst it has been incorrectly reported in the media that the offer has been made “in conjunction with Sovereign board and management…” and/or that the offer is a “management buy-out”, this is not the case. The offer has been made solely by Capitalworks, through Bidco, although the Sovereign board and management are supportive of the offer.
On 9 October, shareholders holding 89.84 per cent of the total Sovereign shares in issue (including treasury shares) were present in person or represented at the general meeting.
The scheme was approved with approximately 100 per cent of votes cast at the General Meeting. The scheme required at least 75 per cent approval in terms of the Companies Act.
In terms of the scheme, and subject to obtaining the outstanding regulatory approvals, ownership of Sovereign Foods will pass to Bidco who will acquire 100 per cent of the Sovereign shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). As a result, it is anticipated that Sovereign Foods will be delisted from the JSE later this year.
‘Sovereign Foods is pleased with the voting result of the general meeting as it is indicative of the overwhelming support by Sovereign shareholders for the offer,’ said Chris Coombes, Sovereign Foods CEO.
Sovereign Foods also announced last week that the Avian Influenza (AI) outbreak – discovered at a layer house on one if its farms in the Eastern Cape – has, to date, been successfully contained and that the cumulative loss of production to date represents approximately 1 per cent of Sovereign Foods’ total production pipeline.
Coombes said, ‘We are pleased to announce that no further incidents of AI have been detected at any of our Eastern Cape farms. We are monitoring the situation and will continue to implement strict biosecurity controls at all of our sites in the Eastern Cape and Gauteng. To date, our Gauteng facilities have not been affected.’


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A 'Support for Independent Retail' campaign urging independent traders to lead by example and only shop in fellow indie stores is underway in light of research compiled by the British Independent Retailers Association (BIRA).
Revealing that more than 16% of independents fear 2012 will be their last trading year, the research was conducted by BIRA and O2 in October. Retail Champion Clare Rayner, the brains behind 'Celebrate an Independent Christmas
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"If we, as small business owners and independent retailers, don't spend enough locally it is hypocritical to expect other people in our communities to spend with us," she said. "We must all lead by example."
Ms Rayner is calling for all indie traders to make their New Year's resolution a promise to divert 20% of their spend with chains back to local independents. "Just 20% will make a huge difference to your local traders," she said, "because your £1 spent locally is worth at least 10 times more to the local community than if you spent it elsewhere."
The campaign and its associated activites intends to build on what is already being achieved with Celebrate an Independent Christmas, which includes indie-focused shopping crawls, posters and leaflet drops.
"Our communities are made up of people - people who work and live there," added Ms Rayner. "If we want to make a difference, to turn around the fortunes of our local areas, then we all have to start by making changes to how we shop.
"I hope that 2013 will be a year of positive change for the independent retail sector and for the UK high streets overall. A thriving local community is a great place to be, whether we're business owners or resident."


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Tesla recently acquired SolarCity with the promise of tough solar panels for your roof that would make financial sense before they generated even a watt of power. The question, though, was just how these microgrids would work once you set them up. We’ll soon have an answer — on American Samoa.
Ta’u, 4000 miles from the US, could really use stable power. The tiny island mostly lives off diesel fuel, which is expensive and has to be imported. Ta’u also doesn’t get consistent imports, So what Tesla did was set up a “microgrid,” a small solar farm and a collection of batteries to store power, that can replace generators and store up to three days’ worth of electricity. It also means power can be on around the clock and the grid will recharge the batteries quickly enough that it would take a major disaster to shut it down.


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In some locations, prices will likely flatten or perhaps dip as much as 5% – but even with a slight drop in July, home prices were still up 10.8% year-to-year.
CHICAGO – The National Association of Realtors®’ (NAR) reported a slight drop in home prices in its latest report, leading some speculators to wonder if it’s the first volley of major price declines this fall.
According to NAR, home prices fell $10,000 month-to-month to $413,800 in July – but prices were still up 10.8% year over year.
“Prices are still growing [annually] by double digits,” says Realtor.com Chief Economist Danielle Hale. “We have a long way to go before we see prices decline.”
On the other hand, NAR found that existing-home sales fell 20.2% year-over-year, while new-home sales dropped nearly 30% in July year-to-year.
“Economics 101 says prices have to decelerate, and that’s what we’re seeing today,” says Devyn Bachman at John Burns Real Estate Consulting.
The decline will not unfold equally across the country, and Moody’s Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi expects home prices to flatten or possibly fall as much as 5%, particularly if a recession does not materialize.
Some of the largest price corrections could occur in construction as new homes are typically more expensive than existing ones, and rising inflation, recession fears, record-high prices and higher mortgage rates are scaring off buyers.
And, some of the largest corrections could transpire in states like Texas, where new construction has boomed, as well as in the more costly markets of Florida.
When you are looking to buy or sell your home, please call us at CENTURY 21 Alliance Realty 352-686-0000.


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‘Enormous milestone’: Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu as Adani Group acquires Port of Haifa5 min read . Updated: 01 Feb 2023, 06:38 AM IST
The Port of Haifa is the second largest port in Israel in terms of shipping containers and the biggest in shipping tourist cruise ships.
As Adani Group acquired the strategic Israeli port of Haifa, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the deal as an "enormous milestone". He also added that this will significantly improve connectivity between the two countries in many ways.
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As a way of appreciating its loyal customers, including new ones, AirFrance-KLM said it will feast its customers to big gifts between November 16 20and 20, 2015 through a customer inclined campaign tagged “Smile Week”.
Funmi Ojesina, the airline spokesperson in Lagos, said during this super ‘Smile Week’, ‘Random acts of Surprises’ will be extended to several customers daily as it has been doing since June 2015.
Since June 2015, the airline has been rewarding its passengers through the initiative called “Random acts of surprises”.
This involved randomly giving out surprise gifts to customers, with the aim of celebrating old and new customers, thus giving the customers a reason to smile.
The gifts given out included free upgrades, free extra bags, free seat plus upgrades, free preferred seats upgrades among others.
In the ‘Smile Week’ campaign, customers, who visit the Air France KLM City ticketing offices in Lagos and Abuja from the 16th to the 20th of November for their ticket transactions, stand the chance of winning wonderful surprise gifts daily.
And to qualify, the customer must be one of the passengers travelling.
The ‘Smiles’ testimonials are available on Air France Facebook page “facebook/Airfrance and KLM Facebook page “facebook/KLMNigeria” and also on twitter @AirfranceNG and @KLMNigeriaKLM.
Since May 2004, Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines have become the largest European airline group: one group, two airlines, and three businesses. Each airline has retained its individual identity, trade name and brand. The three core businesses are Passenger Business, Cargo and Engineering and Maintenance.
Both airlines run their own operations from their respective hubs Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Amsterdam-Schiphol.
Both airlines carry more than 77 million passengers per year.
They operate 573 aircraft enabling them to fly to 243 destinations in 103 countries.
Members of the joint Air France KLM frequent flyer programme Flying Blue earn Miles and claim rewards on both airlines’ routes.


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SABMiller, the London-based international brewer, is preparing a dramatic takeover bid for Harbin Brewery, China's fourth biggest beer business, valuing the company at about HK$3.7bn (£271m).
The move has been forced on SABMiller, which already owns 29.4 per cent of Harbin, after it emerged on Sunday that the big US brewer Anheuser-Busch had acquired a 29 per cent stake of its own in Harbin.
The highly aggressive move by Anheuser has set up a head-to-head battle for control of the remaining 41.6 per cent of Harbin, run by Peter Lo, the chief executive, which is traded on the Hong Kong stock market.
SABMiller is understood to be considering its options for a full bid for Harbin after the weekend's events, which represent a step-change in the already intense battle for control of China's enormous beer market.
A move by SABMiller to launch a public offer for Harbin could trigger a rival bid by Anheuser as both beer groups desperately try to cement their positions in one of the world's most important beer markets.
SABMiller is thought unlikely to want to give up its influence over Harbin. It has two seats on the company's board and sees it as a key strategic fit with its other Chinese brewing business, a joint venture called CRE Beverage, which is China's second biggest brewer.
Both CRE and Harbin are strong in the north-east of China and SABMiller is committed to a long-term presence in the country.
Anheuser has a 9.9 per cent stake in Tsingtao Brewery, China's biggest beer company with a 13 per cent market share, and is keen to put a brake on SABMiller's expansion in China.
Anheuser has an agreement to raise its stake in Tsingtao to 27 per cent over the next seven years in a deal worth $182m. It may wish to ultimately combine China's first and fourth largest brewing companies to give it the sort of dominance it enjoys in its domestic market.
Alternatively, Anheuser may end up simply enjoying a quick profit on its opportunistic investment in Harbin, although this would be out of character for the St Louis-based company known for its long-term and generally cautious outlook.
Patrick Stokes, Anheuser's chief executive, said: "Harbin fits our strategy of investing in leading companies in growth markets like China with good volume and profit growth potential."
A spokeswoman for SABMiller said: "We have learned about this [the Anheuser investment] in the last 24 hours and we are waiting to understand more about the situation."
Anheuser and SABMiller have become increasingly fierce rivals since SAB, formerly South African Breweries, acquired Miller, the number two US beer maker behind Anheuser.
Yesterday a spokesman for Anheuser refused to add to its statement on Sunday announcing its Harbin investment.
It is understood to have bought its stake from an investment group, which in turn acquired the stake from the local Harbin government last month.
SABMiller, which has been transformed into an international brewer under Graham Mackay, its chief executive, has not fought shy of aggressive takeover bids in the past. It has been willing to pay top prices for strategically important assets in its bid to rival Anheuser for global dominance.
This is the first time, however, Mr Mackay has come into direct competition for a business with Anheuser, which has famously deep pockets and will push SABMiller hard.Reuse content


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TORONTO-BASED PORSCHE TEAM RUNS MOTUL LUBRICANTS IN RACE CAR, COMPLIMENTING SERVICE AND OVER-THE-COUNTER SALES AT PFAFF DEALERSHIPS
Hot on the heels of its third-place finish in the overall IMSA WeatherTech GTD championship in 2019, Pfaff Motorsports today announced a new multi-year title partnership with Motul for its IMSA WeatherTech GTD program, as well as its driver lineup for the 2020 season.
The Toronto area-based team will once again contest the IMSA WeatherTech GTD championship with a Porsche 911 GT3 R, prominently displaying the Motul Logo. In addition to being the team’s new title sponsor, Motul is also the Pfaff dealership group’s new official oil.
Canadian Zacharie Robichon returns to the team’s full-season driver lineup alongside Intercontinental GT Challenge champion Dennis Olsen. Lars Kern, Nurburgring production-car lap record holder and Porsche engineer, will join the team for the series’ endurance rounds, with Porsche factory driver Patrick Pilet completing the lineup at the 24 Hours of Daytona.
Motul, the “Official Motor Oil” of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, is a world-class French company specializing in the formulation, production and distribution of high-tech engine lubricants – which will now be sold over-the-counter at Pfaff dealerships. Motul also has a line of 8100 synthetic products that meet strict OEM approvals and will be used for customer-paid work at select dealerships including Pfaff Porsche, Pfaff Tuning, and London City Chrysler Jeep.
“We are beyond excited to have a new long-term title partner in Motul,” said Steve Bortolotti, Pfaff Motorsports team manager. “We believe in the superiority of their product, which we’ll sell in our dealerships and service customers’ cars with, and we’ll also be using the company’s 300V oil and other performance lubricants and products in our 911 GT3 R.”
He added, “It’s great to have Zach back for a second season, and having raced with us last year, including a win at Lime Rock, we already know that Dennis is a great fit for our team. In our second year in the WeatherTech series, we’re really looking to build on our learnings from our rookie year, execute perfectly throughout the season, and aim for our first championship.”
Nolan Browning, Motul Brand Manager, added, “we have founded kindred spirits in the Pfaff team – both in motorsports and across the dealership network. Like us, they are passionate about cars, motorcycles, and racing, and their brand values align perfectly with our own. We’re really looking forward to deepening our relationship over the next three years, and seeing a lot of success, both on- and off-track.”
At a launch event held in front of over 300 people, Pfaff and Motul unveiled the team’s new livery for 2020, an evolution of 2019’s popular “plaid Porsche” design that also references historic Motul liveries. It makes its on-track debut at the Roar Before the Rolex 24, January 4-6, 2020.
Stay tuned for further announcements from Pfaff Motorsports regarding the 2020 IMSA racing season. For more news and behind-the-scenes content, follow @PfaffMotorsports, @Pfaff_Porsche, and @PfaffAuto on Instagram, and Pfaff Porsche on Facebook.
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Cryptocurrency and Web3 in Hong Kong
Yat Siu, co-founder of the local game software firm Animoca, believes that the rapid adoption of cryptocurrencies and Web3 in Hong Kong is a sign of some “big moves” happening in mainland China.
Siu pointed out that the current crypto trend in Hong Kong is not only about the city-state, but also about China, despite the fact that crypto is banned in the mainland. In May, the Chinese government released its Web3 white paper, in which it declared that Web3 is the future of the internet.
The news of the white paper came just a few days after Hong Kong announced plans to allow retail crypto investments. Siu emphasized the importance of this, as the Chinese government is putting out a budget to progress with Web3 technologies such as Math Crypto, Gemini Crypto Today, HNT Crypto, and ISO 20022 Crypto.
Crypto Developments in China and Web 3.0 Technology
According to Siu, the news about Hong Kong’s crypto developments was widely spread in China, including a notice on the national TV channel, China Central Television. “So every Chinese person basically in China got to see this,” Siu added.
In his keynote speech, Siu also discussed the potential of Web3, a powerful tool to “push a new technology paradigm” away from the United States’ tech hegemony. He mentioned the security risks of nations’ dependence on tech giants such as Google, Apple and Facebook, and the importance of challenging the U.S. hegemony, particularly for countries like China that are focused on de-dollarization.
Siu believes that the future of AI, mina crypto, loom crypto, ISO 20022 crypto, math crypto, India crypto, mask crypto, Gemini crypto today and HNT crypto are all essential components of Web3 technology.
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“It’s another reason why Web3 is being pushed in these places. Less dependency on the dollar. The dollar is, of course, as we know, the global currency of the world,” Siu stated.
As previously reported by Cointelegraph, the People’s Bank of China officially announced another ban on virtually all crypto activity in September 2021. Despite this, mainland China remains one of the world’s largest crypto-mining hubs for currencies such as Mina Crypto, Loom Crypto, ISO 20022 Crypto, Math Crypto, India Crypto, Mask Crypto, Gemini Crypto Today, and HNT Crypto.
With the news about Hong Kong proactively adopting crypto-friendly regulations, many crypto observers expressed hope that China could potentially lift its years-long ban on crypto.
However, several state-related executives, including CPIC Investment Management CEO Chenggang Zhou, have recently reiterated that China remains and will remain anti-crypto in the near future, despite the potential of Web 3.0 technology.
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B&G bought the cheese puffs maker in summer of 2013 for $195m, and has subsequently grown $12m in net sales since then. It sold Pirate Brands to Hershey for $420m in September this year.
Cantwell noted: “An additional benefit of the sale is cash that it provided for the repayment of long-term debt.”
During B&G’s recent Q3 earnings, he detailed the rationale behind the business’ divestiture.
Cantwell said: “We have always been an acquisition-driven business, and that has generally meant we are growing through acquisitions. That is still our intention.
“Our primary strategic rationale has been generating good returns for our shareholders,” typically done through “buying smart and staying disciplined on price.”
He added B&G initially bought Pirate Brands at an attractive price and wanted to build it to be one of the best warehouse snack brands in North America.
Moving away from snacks
Selling Pirate Brands was not an easy move as B&G wanted to become a better-for-you salty snack player five years ago, according to Cantwell.
However, after reviewing the company’s overall portfolio, he said, “there are things that just don’t make sense,” noting that B&G is still a small player in the US snack market, despite having a high-growth brand like Pirate.
“We were not going to grow [our snack business] through a lot of acquisitions… and Pirate’s being [a small part of our overall business] and not like everything else we do made it more difficult and more cumbersome through our distribution network. It was just time to move on from snacks” to better focus on other existing categories, such as center-store and frozen products.
B&G’s snacks and crackers portfolio currently comprises eight brands, including Back to Nature and New York Flatbreads, according to its website.
However, Cantwell does not consider these brands as a cracker or bagel chip business because they are sold in deli. “[They are] more center-of-the-store oriented, so we really didn’t have another snack business [before Pirate was sold],” he said.
“We are really focus today on center of the store and expanding our footprint in frozen.”
B&G is currently consolidating its frozen distribution network, expected to save between $3m and $4m in operations in future earnings.